The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-05-14
GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
OLD SErTLRRs.
SARAH EDWARDS HENsHAw.

ibe very central soul Of this great move
s,ert, whose work cannot be too highly es'
ciimsted. II touches tender chord to know
thst Hon. Mark Skinner himself bore the
burden Of sons death in the .ouniry
cause. These men drew a class Of lady
workers to the enterprise of high social po'
,ition and character, Of refinement and cul
N Walton like their own. Their names, their
shirt, their devotion, invested the affair
srh a graceful dignity, as a high charity
towards our army in its suffering for cause
supreme.
gne choice Of historian proves the deli
,,ny of their sentiment.
Tar caase; its sacrifices and suiierings OF
love, freighting the affections OF the homes in
,Lhe Dsrthwest, these; and no, the part they
gIook were what they would emblazon on the
historic page.
This work gave advantage to the author,
AZ writer. She had been accustomed before,
snl coni'nu after, to write for the news
es,per or magazine as the humor took her.
"A dash off at this or that. Some Of these
nsye made themselves famous Ia the run
they have had Mrs. Purdy's Iarqua'tes,'
q sketch for missionary work went every
where. little poem called "The Telegram
written ON occasion of the brothers death,
vent through all the papers, and one, at
east, illustrated it. 1t brought a letter Of
blanks from the telegraph authorities. 1t
inally went ashore in reader for schools
chinese Servants and California House.
Keepers first published in Scribner's, was
another which repeated itself with chief
generosity over all the Pacific slope. "Mrs.
purdy" is still on her travels. Missionary
Boards of various names have in turn
adopted it, It's play Of humor brings out
Inc grit and grace Of a woman providing
missionary money under difficulties.
One will still meet occasionally some Pc
etc gem, under her name, and wish he
might have them all. Probably fewer of
these in the years Of residence IN California
han before. There she has been much en-.
gagged in general benefcent work, in person,
with pen and in thought. Editing columns
N weekly newspaper; serving as secretary
If the Home of the Frieniless; correspond
ny still with many and especially her Young
ladies' Bible Class Of Ottawa. The last
keeps fresh and vital her Ottawa associa
4 ons. The class scattered, will remember
heir teacher in her mid life vgor and loving
aarnestness. intent on making it clear to
hem that law is love; that the kingdom Of
Heaven is at hand that we grow up into it
end stay in. by right choices, by fiIiai con.
duct, by ChrisLlike ministrant lives. The
beautiful hair slvered the necessary specta-
lies; the less elastic gait Of today are not
~ their memory Of the past. Her children,
however, and especially the grandchildren
T. her home, will find it difficult to imagine
hat grandma was ever a coy maiden Of en-
nertaining chit chat, Of light flexible form,
fUll Of sparkling humor, of genuine pathos,
s;ould render IA ballad attractSely to her own
accompaniment on the piano, or take part
eith others in the parlor dance, or listen
with throbbing heart and moIs enc eyes, rs
IN the presence Of the angels, at n prayer
meeting story Of one who for the first time
pad taste Of forgiveness and u home feel
ny az near to Christ
There is sometimes comic aspect given
% fiery trial when passed, ana the light of
.apsing time thrown back ON II. About 1903
Mrs. llenohaw spent year at the east on
occasion of u step-mOther's death. In md
ing solace for her sorrow in her Bible, some
associate suggested Swedenbors' smethod of
Interpretation by correspondencies. The
method gave her new interest and satisfying
peace and power. On her return to Ottawa,
she iunocently spoke of it aud to her sur.
prise found herself marked man" Her
spiritual guide in the church at once scented
s. flavor of heresy and although probably
seber on that occasion, warned the flock of
l heir liability. The lambs in the bible class
syere tax EN- in and saved and their teacher
Get 90, with mo thank you - and n cold
shoulder. Thumb screws aud roasting were
1pi the prevailing way This attempt at
xssrtyrdom OF a helpless young woman sin
& nential and dangerous" continued under
&C next incumbent and the next. drinking
gp the joy of her spirit as one irowned out
IF the fathers house. Official in neigh
Dor church having special need Of an 'in.
6uential and dangerous woman to whom
Christ was dear, and the Bible Il fountain of
-soS, Invited her in if so be she could help
any in the coulter darkness" by ali means to
feel free to do it. The result was u large bible
aisss Of young ladies, choice set, whose
memory of that past today is that Of happy
and holy hours. This work a success, hon
sor coming in from other successful work
fhis billie class business in various churches
ssss ION the market for her. Now the
- no, | thank you" was on her side. She had
found a sympathetic christian working place
and believed just then that there was
Ia ,laca hka HOME ~